Science and the spiritual quest : new essays by leading scientists / [edited by] W. Mark Richardson [and others].

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

xi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Science, spirituality and religion: an exploration of bridges and gaps / Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- Must not the judge of all the earth do justice? God's nature and the existence of genetic diseases in man / Kenneth S. Kendler -- Theology for nerds / Kevin Kelly -- Science and religion: separate closets in the same house / Allan Sandage -- Does science offer evidence of a purpose and a transcendent reality? / Cyril Domb -- What price reductionism? / Martinez J. Hewlett -- Scientific reduction: adversary or ally? / Robert B. Griffiths -- Computer science, the informational and Jewish mysticism / Mitchell P. Marcus -- The Islamic worldview and modern cosmology / Bruno Guiderdoni -- Darwinism and atheism: a marriage made in heaven? / Michael Ruse -- An historical reality that includes big bang, free will and elementary particles / Geoffrey F. Chew -- The horrors of humanity and the computation of the self / Michael A. Arbib -- The universe, life and consciousness / Andrei Linde -- God, approximately / Brian Cantwell Smith -- The challenges and possibilities for western Monotheism / Arthur Peacocke -- One quest, one knowledge / George Sudarshan -- Some concluding reflections / Philip Clayton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.